Hawaii Senior Championships Results (MEET RESULTS) Fantastic swimming to all the Kamehameha Swim Club swimmers at this year’s Short Course Senior Championships at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center. There was great competition and Kamehameha Swim Club came in second place with more than 15 teams participating last weekend. There were many great swims from our swimmers. Tons of best times and lots of new Senior Sectional qualifying times. Special congrats to Tai Misailidis for a new Futures Championship cut in the 200 breaststroke (2:22) and Derek Hunsaker breaking the 21...

Senior Meet KSC competed in the Senior meet at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Center last week Sunday. We had great swims all around. Below are some top improvements in the men’s and women’s divisions: Men’s Division Ryker Perales dropped 21.02 seconds in his 200 butterfly, securing a new personal best time of 2:21.50. Cheveyo Rodriquez gained a new personal best time in his 400 medley with a time of 4:41.34, dropping 12.29 seconds. Luke Whitford gained a new personal best time in his 50 freestyle with a time of 29.00...

KSC hosted and competed at this year's Bill Smith Invitational last weekend. The event is named after former KSC swim coach and 1948 Olympics Gold Medallist Bill Smith.The meet was a great success and KSC came up on top with a 1st place finish. Thank you to all the parents and coaches who spent months planning this meet. A lot went into making this meet run smoothly and we can't thank you all enough. Many KSC swimmers earned high point awards in their respective age groups. The 10 & Under...

MEET RESULTS Kailua ABC Meet This weekend we had a great ABC swim meet at the Kailua District Park with many best times. Here are some highlights from last weekend’s meet: 10 & Under Age-Group Christopher Navarro crushed his previous time in the 100 backstroke and improved his time by 26.16 seconds, clocking in at 1:35.24. Kealaula Duarte gained a best time in her 50 breaststroke , dropping 5.49 seconds, with a new best time of 44.85. 11-12 Age-Group Marcus Meteliz and Kaya Nohara-Pang swam great last weekend. Marcus dropped...

The 51st Al Minn Invitational in Kailua was a great success with a lot of fast swims and great competitive spirit! Congratulations to our club for taking first place at this swim meet and thank you to all our parents who volunteered at the meet!! Congratulations to all the high point earners: Jia Kim (10&Under Girls), Henry Green (10&Under Boys), and Journei Webster (Open Women). Keep up the great work!!! KSC won this year’s 2024 Smoke on the Water relay and set a meet record. The relay consisted of Jia...

We had a great A+ swim meet at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center last Saturday. There were many fast swims and new personal best times. Thank you to all the parents that came to volunteer and cheer on your swimmers. Here's some highlights of the biggest improvements in each age group starting with our 10&Unders: 10 and Under Miyabi Cambra dropped 5.09 seconds in the her 50 breaststroke swimming a new personal best time of 46.24. Christian Chang dropped 11.52 seconds in his 50 backstroke with a new personal best time...

KSC Finishes #1 again!! KSC has won every state championships title since 2002!!!! Congratulations to the swimmers of Kamehameha Swim Club for taking the 2024 Long Course State Championships. Mahalo to all the athletes and parents that contributed to the amazing team effort. Shout out to Jia Kim and Belise Swartwood for their individual high point awards for their age group. Also congrats to Henry Green for breaking two KSC team records in the 50 back and 100 breaststroke, as well as Derek Hunsaker for making his first Futures Championship...

Senior Sectionals Oregon Congratulations to our swimmers Luke Biddle, Derek Hunsaker, Timothy Lorge, Amar’e San Diego, Kaenan Joyce, Evan Lim, and Nicholas Xu for representing Kamehameha Swim Club at this year’s Senior Sectional Championships in Mt. Hood, Oregon. This meet had a great field of competitors, and our swimmers were up for the challenge. We would like to congratulate Amar’e San Diego for beating the State record in the 100 breaststroke which originally belong to him with a new blistering fast time of 1:06.94. This time also ranks Amar’e in...

The 76th Keo Nakama Invitational was great this year with teams from different parts of the USA, Canada, and Guam. We would like to congratulate Jia Kim (10) and Henry Green (10) for earning the high point award in their age -group division. There were many personal best and State times earned at this meet, but we wouldn’t be able to fit them all in this article. Below are the two best performances in each age group. 10&Under Ina Rutka gained a new best time in her 100 breaststroke by...

2024 Senior Long Course Championships at VMAC Congratulations to Kamehameha Swim Club for swimming fast and coming in first place at this year’s Long Course Senior Championships. There were many great swims from our swimmers (and coaches). We had a team record, 1 new futures qualifier, and 1 new sectional qualifier. Amar’e San Diego for securing a new personal best time and team record of 2:28.08 in the 200 breaststroke. Not too far behind was Kaenan Joyce, with a new best time of 2:28.37 in the 200 breaststroke, securing him...